Multiple local minima in IMRT optimization based on dose-volume criteria

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1514-1527

  Wu, Qiuwen ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume criteria; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Local minima; Optimization

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHANTOMS;

DOSE-VOLUME; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LOCAL MINIMUMS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035996441     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1485059     Document Type: Article

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